Canadian navy ship spots 25 story iceberg
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:19 pm
"It was so large that there was a small weather system at the tip"
An iceberg as big as an office tower was spotted this week by the crew of HMCS Harry DeWolf. The ship is sailing north to Operation Nanook, a defence training exercise in the Arctic.
The ship's crew first noticed the iceberg when it was roughly 30 kilometres away.
That's like seeing Citadel Hill from the tarmac of the Halifax Stanfield airport.
"It was so large that there was a small weather system at the tip," said navy Cmdr. Guillaume Côté, commanding officer of HMCS Harry DeWolf. He spoke with CBC News using a satellite connection while the ship passed through the Labrador Sea en route to Iqaluit.
"With all the humidity in the air, the iceberg was so cold that it created its own set of clouds. So it almost looked like the tip of the iceberg was in the clouds," he said. "It was about 25- or 26-storeys tall."
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/ne ... -operation
An iceberg as big as an office tower was spotted this week by the crew of HMCS Harry DeWolf. The ship is sailing north to Operation Nanook, a defence training exercise in the Arctic.
The ship's crew first noticed the iceberg when it was roughly 30 kilometres away.
That's like seeing Citadel Hill from the tarmac of the Halifax Stanfield airport.
"It was so large that there was a small weather system at the tip," said navy Cmdr. Guillaume Côté, commanding officer of HMCS Harry DeWolf. He spoke with CBC News using a satellite connection while the ship passed through the Labrador Sea en route to Iqaluit.
"With all the humidity in the air, the iceberg was so cold that it created its own set of clouds. So it almost looked like the tip of the iceberg was in the clouds," he said. "It was about 25- or 26-storeys tall."
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/ne ... -operation
